Points Workbench: Difference between revisions

From FreeCAD Documentation
m (added Notes section, moved Draft mention in to Notes, Added icons)
m (Added {{TOCright}} outside of translation tags)
Line 15: Line 15:


== Introduction == <!--T:1-->
== Introduction == <!--T:1-->

</translate>
{{TOCright}}
<translate>
The [[Image:Workbench_Points.svg|24px]] [[Points Workbench|Points Workbench]] is intended to give you specific tools for working with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_cloud point clouds]. The workbench is still in development.
The [[Image:Workbench_Points.svg|24px]] [[Points Workbench|Points Workbench]] is intended to give you specific tools for working with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_cloud point clouds]. The workbench is still in development.



Revision as of 14:04, 14 February 2020

The FreeCAD Points Workbench Icon

Introduction

The Points Workbench is intended to give you specific tools for working with point clouds. The workbench is still in development.

A point cloud is a collection of points in 3D space. A point cloud is generally produced by scanning the surface of a solid object. Then the cloud of points can be used for many purposes including building a mesh for the object, reconstructing the surfaces and solid volumes, reverse engineering, as well as for visualization and quality inspection of parts.

Tools

Notes

It is also possible to use the tools from the Draft Workbench to connect the points using Draft objects such as Lines and Splines. Using the File:Snap Endpoint.svg Endpoint snapping method will ensure that the tools snap to the imported points.


Limitations

At the moment the workbench has no automatic routines to deal with the imported points, but the user can use Python scripting to programmatically process the data.

See the discussions in the forum: